Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt | Attorneys At Law

Month: October 2020

Important decision issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, particularly for certain noncitizens from Colombia

On October 13, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit published the decision Hincapie-Zapata v. U.S. Att’y Gen.  In this decision, the Eleventh Circuit held that providing “funds” such as money to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas...

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Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) publishes decision favorable to noncitizens with criminal convictions throughout the United States

Oct. 10, 2020 This BIA recently published a favorable decision that impacts nearly all noncitizens placed in immigration court removal proceedings with criminal convictions. In Matter of Voss, 28 I&N Dec. 107 (BIA 2020), the BIA held “if a criminal conviction was...

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